Bail for pots



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(No Model.)

BAIL FOR POTS, PAILS, &c. Y

Patented Jan. 2, 1894.

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JOHN XV. BARTON AND GEORGE L. NICHOLS, OF BLUE RAPIDS, KANSAS.

BAIL FOR POTS, PAILS, 89C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 511,925, dated January2, 1894.

Application tiled April 24, 18 93.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN 1V. BARTON and GEORGE L. NICHOLS, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Blue Rapids,in the county of Marshall andState of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Bail for Pots, Pails,and Kettles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bails for pots, pails, kettles, and the like,and it has for its object to provide a device of the character set forththat will relieve the dead weight or pull on the hand in rigid bails byforming a dexible grip from which the connectingarms eX- tend and arecontinuous therewith.

With this and other ends in View, the invention consists of theconstruction and arrangement of the parts thereof as Will be hereinaftermore fully described and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective View of a pail, showing theimprovements applied in connection therewith. Fig. 2 is an elevation ofthe bail detached and showing the coiled grip thereof broken awa-y toillustrate the form of construction of the same. Fig. 3 is aperspectiveview of a modified form of the bail.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts inthe severalfigures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the grip of thebail, which in each instance is formed of coiled wire to provide ayielding or spring-action and as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the oppositeends of the coil are passed through the latter, as at 3 and 4, inreverse directions and bent downwardly, as at 5, to form abutting stopsthat bear against the opposite ends of the grip and from thence arecontinued in the form of connecting-arms 6,that are suitably attached tothe pail, pot, kettle, or other device, at their lower ends. Theabutting stops 5 prevent the parts of the arms adjacent to the grip frombeing forced under the said grip and thereby obviating pinching orsqueezing of the hand when the weight is relaxed, or

Serial No. 471.604. (No model.)

the device to which the bail is attached is placed in a position ofrest.

The construction shown by Figs. 1 and 2, wherein the ends of the 'coilforming the grip are passed through said grip in opposite directions andexit at the ends thereof, opposite to thatat which they terminate incoiled form, provides for the use of very light Wire and preventsspreading ofv the coil, as the Wires draw in opposite directions andstrengthen the coil, but at the same time producinga sufficient elastic`or yielding movement.

In Fig. 3 abail is shown formed of a heavier grade of wire and whereinthe arms 6 extend directly from the opposite ends of the coil to Whichthey are adjacent. bail is intended for heavier vessels or devices, butthe yielding action is the same as in the form previously described.

The advantages of the form of bail set forth are its cheapness,simplicity, and durability, and completely does away with that deadweight on the arm or shoulders though the weight may be the same tocarry,but the natural spring of the coil affords a great relief andmakes the load much easier to carry.

The device constructed as set forth both gives and takes and adaptsitself to the motions of a persons body While walking, and theflexibility of the coil produces an easy bearing on the hand; andfurther, the bail retains its proper form at all times, or returns toits normal shape, because the strain is overcome by the spring of thecoil.

The device is especially adapted for pots and kettles that are placedover hot fires, because the grip being of tubular form permits acirculation of air therethrough and materially reduces the temperaturethereof so that it can be readily engaged without the employment of anonconducting covering. The grip being of metal will not, of course,become burned as in the employment of Wooden grips, and is thereforemuch more durable.

Changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of constructionmay be resorted to without departing from the principle or This form ofthe In testimony that We claim the foregoing as ro our oWn We havehereto affixed our signatures in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN W. BARTON. GEORGE L. NICHOLS.

Witnesses.

C. W. HIGGANBOTHAM, J. G. STRONG, Jr.

